Conan: I'm Not a Model Worker in the Winery

Chapter 661 The Cursed Mask
"What are these masks..."

Kogoro Mori also found these masks extremely strange.

Just when everyone was puzzled, a voice sounded:
"These are all masks of Shaubel."

The door to the west wing was wide open, and two figures appeared at the door.

Among them, the silver-haired woman who spoke seemed to be a bit older, and the woman with short black hair standing behind her stood respectfully.

Maori Kogoro recognized her at once and said in surprise, "You are...Ms. Sufang Hongzi?"

"Well, it really makes my place honored by having you all here." Su Fanghongzi smiled sincerely.

This former female singer is already in her sixties, but it can be seen that she has maintained herself well. Apart from her faded hair, she does not look much older. She is not much different from the forty-something secretary named Inaba Kazuyo who is standing next to her.

Sufang Hongzi seemed to be particularly fond of the detective she hired. She walked forward and said with a little pride, "How is it? Mr. Maori, are you satisfied with my collection of masks?"

Maori Kogoro's eyes twitched: "Ah, this, how should I put it..."

Damn, he doesn't even know how to appreciate masks...

At this moment, the importance of teammates is reflected:
Lie looked at the owner of the mansion with curiosity, and asked the question that many people were wondering: "Um, Sister Sufang, does the 'Shawbul's Mask' you mentioned have any special meaning?"

The first person to answer Lie's question was not Sufang Hongzi, but Liang Yao, the fortune teller who was invited with them: "Xiaobul... should be Xiaobul Conderes. Are all the masks on the wall Xiaobul's masks?"

The latter sentence was a question asked by the other party to Su Fang Hongzi.

The latter nodded, looking very proud:
"Yes, these masks are the 200 masks completed by the Spanish sculptor Chobel Condres before his death."

Nagarahara's expression became a little serious. "People also call these masks... 'Cursed Masks'."

"Cursed Mask?!"

Kogoro Maori looked a little unhappy.

This was the third time they had encountered this term today.

"Cursed Mask? So cool~" Unlike everyone else who was dazed and frightened after hearing this name, Lie seemed to be very fond of these masks, with stars in his eyes, "Hey~ Why is it called the Cursed Mask? Is there any particular meaning? Will I be cursed if I put on the mask? What kind of curse? Disease? Or a blood curse?"

If these masks really have such magical powers, he will inevitably become a thief...

But to be honest, leaving aside the legends, the shapes of these masks are almost the same as those of the Five-Star Group's masks.

Didn't Brother Blade refer to this thing when he designed the mask?
hiss~
Thinking of this, he became even more excited.

Conan: "..."

I almost forgot that Mr. Lin is also a fan of metaphysics. It seems normal for him to be interested in such supernatural things.

other people:"???"

My dear, isn't it a little strange that you are so excited about the curse? Is this the normal reaction of a normal person?

Su Fang Hongzi was also shocked by Lie's reaction, but she regarded Lie's excitement as a kind of "worship", which satisfied her vanity very well, and immediately narrated the origin of these masks.

But after listening to it, Lie was not very interested in these masks - of course, it seemed that the main reason was the curse. The "curse" of these masks actually came from some rumors, such as their designers committed suicide after completing these masks, and their blood stained the mouths of these masks;
Also, after someone bought these masks, someone always died mysteriously... but it wasn't really that strange.

When Soho Akako was narrating, Nagara Haruka, who had heard a little about these masks, also joined in to add to the story. He mentioned two specific cases in which two important figures died accidentally the day after they received these masks.

After that, there were also rumors that the mask of Shambler would suck the blood of its owner...

It sounded horrifying, and even Matsudaira Mamoru, the slightly superstitious home run king, was shocked that Sufang Hongzi dared to collect 200 masks at once...

But in the eyes of a semi-professional like Lie, this curse is groundless:
None of these incidents specifically mentioned human factors or factors other than masks.

Curses are actually somewhat similar to their "qi", equivalent to some kind of invisible force field. Lie remembered that Gin had told them about curses before...

The simplest curse can be cast by using Qi themselves. For example, they can store the malicious "Qi" in a certain medium and let people carry it close to their bodies. Over time, the body will become worse and worse. The "curse" is similar to such a continuous debuff. If it is a buff that increases the effect, people generally call it a "blessing."

In addition, the rumored curse effect of Xiaobul's mask does not match the actual performance - 'sucking the blood of the holder', it sounds like that, but sucking blood does not mean that people will die.

Since the mask wants to absorb blood, why don't you just give it some blood?

And if it really is this kind of curse, considering the nature of the curse, the holder should die slowly at the very least, and each death should be due to 'lack of blood volume'.

Instead of dying suddenly due to some accident.

Not to mention that the mask wasn't even in his hand when he died...

What do those poor masks drink?

Thinking of this, Liedu felt a little sympathy for these masks - it would be fine if these masks did not carry any curses, but if they really did carry curses, they would probably all be whimpering in grievance.

Finally found a master to suck some blood from, but he died the next day for no apparent reason...

If it was Lie, Lie would cry too.

however.

Before Lie recovered from his sympathy for the masks, he began to sympathize with the masks again.

Because Sufang Hongzi was saying, "Don't worry, I asked a psychic to suppress and seal the curse of these masks as soon as I got them. There will be absolutely no problem."

strong:"……"

QwQ Ah~ Oh my God, these masks are so miserable. They didn’t even get to drink a drop of blood and were still sealed.

No, for the sake of a bright future for these masks, he decided...

He is definitely a scoundrel!
"Besides, I can use these masks when I take them back~" Lie thought to himself, "Or I can use them for research... Xiaohong should be interested, right?"

This place is filled with a lot of yin energy. Lie just expanded his energy and took a look, but didn't find anything special about these masks.

But he couldn't rule out the possibility that these masks were really 'sealed'...

(End of this chapter)